Estefanita
Sign in to saveStephanite is a silver antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: Ag5SbS4. It is composed of 68.8% silver, and sometimes is of importance as an ore of this metal.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Stephanite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt mineral
- Mineral.image
- Stephanite-oldeuro-119a.jpg
- Mineral.formula
- Ag5SbS4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Sph
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.GB.10
- Mineral.dana
- 03.02.04.01
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Pyramidal (mm2) H-M symbol: (mm2)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Cmc21
- Mineral.colour
- Lead grey to black
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular, pseudo-hexagonal crystals; massive
- Mineral.twinning
- Common on [110] repeated, forms pseudohexagonal groupings
- Mineral.cleavage
- Imperfect on {010}, poor on {021}
- Mineral.fracture
- Subconchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.0–2.5
- Mineral.lustre
- Metallic
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfosalt subclass of minerals
- Named after
- Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
- Image
- Stephanit (OM1-364A).JPG
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.GB.10
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Stephanite
- chemical formula
- Ag₅SbS₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.GB.10
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Sph
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/D.03
Sources (1)
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Article · Español
La estefanita o stephanita es un mineral de la clase de los minerales sulfuros. Fue descubierta en 1845 en minas de los Montes Metálicos, en el estado de Sajonia (Alemania), siendo nombrada así en honor del archiduque , ingeniero de minas austriaco. Otros sinónimo poco usados son: plata agria y rosicler negro.
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